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- http://www.informationweek.com/shared/prin…cleID=201300944
Aug. 7, 2007 - "Two men were sentenced Monday in what the government is calling the largest CD and DVD pirating scheme to be prosecuted in the United States. Ye Teng Wen, also known as Michael Wen, 31, and Hao He, who is sometimes called Kevin He, 32, both of Union City, Calif., were each sentenced to 37 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release, a $125,000 fine, and a $500 mandatory special assessment. On June 4, a third conspirator, Yaobin Zhai, also known as Ben Zhai, 34, of Fremont, Calif., received the same sentence but also was ordered to pay $6.9 million in restitution. The arrests came as part of an undercover operation - called Operation Remaster - run by the FBI and the Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team (REACT) Task Force… The defendants admitted infringing on trademarks and using counterfeit labels with the FBI Anti-Piracy Seal on pirated music to trick consumers into thinking they were buying legitimate products…"
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- http://www.informationweek.com/shared/prin…cleID=201300944
Aug. 7, 2007 - "Two men were sentenced Monday in what the government is calling the largest CD and DVD pirating scheme to be prosecuted in the United States. Ye Teng Wen, also known as Michael Wen, 31, and Hao He, who is sometimes called Kevin He, 32, both of Union City, Calif., were each sentenced to 37 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release, a $125,000 fine, and a $500 mandatory special assessment. On June 4, a third conspirator, Yaobin Zhai, also known as Ben Zhai, 34, of Fremont, Calif., received the same sentence but also was ordered to pay $6.9 million in restitution. The arrests came as part of an undercover operation - called Operation Remaster - run by the FBI and the Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team (REACT) Task Force… The defendants admitted infringing on trademarks and using counterfeit labels with the FBI Anti-Piracy Seal on pirated music to trick consumers into thinking they were buying legitimate products…"
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